1 Corinthians 7:12-16 To the rest of the people I myself would say -- though the Lord Himself has said nothing about it -- if a Christian has a wife that is not a believer and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her;

Williams⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹² To the rest of the people I myself would say -- though the Lord Himself has said nothing about it -- if a Christian has a wife that is not a believer and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her; ¹³ and a woman who has a husband that is not a believer, but he consents to live with her, must not divorce her husband. ¹⁴ For the unbelieving husband is consecrated by union with his wife and the unbelieving wife by union with her Christian husband, for otherwise your children would be unblessed, but in this way they are consecrated. ¹⁵ But if the unbelieving consort actually leaves, let the separation stand. In such cases the Christian husband or wife is not morally bound; God has called us to live in peace. ¹⁶ For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?